STARTUP LABS

Startup Labs is UCLA's student run startup accelerator.

This is a program that fosters students' startup ideas. We work with students and mentors to create an environment that encourages innovation and provides guidance for students pursuing specific entrepreneurial endeavors. Each quarter, we welcome a new collaborative cohort into the program and guide them to success through mentor matching, informative workshops, and networking events. Startup Labs is dedicated to fostering the entrepreneurial spirit at UCLA with our resources and network of successful entrepreneurs and alumna. ​

Program

Our yearlong program consists of networking events, visits from guest speakers, and informative sessions for business development. Students will be provided with resources to aid them in finance, market analysis, and other entrepreneurial topics. The program culminates in a Demo Day in the spring, where students present their startups to a network of experienced entrepreneurs and venture capitalists from the LA area.

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Each team will be paired with an experienced mentor from the LA startup scene. Startup Labs will organize an initial meeting between the mentors and the students. After this, students will be encouraged to connect regularly with their mentors during 'office hours'. The mentors will be available to provide guidance, advice and essential skills whilst also being a opportunity for the students to network and further their entrepreneurial careers.

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Advisors

DEANNA​EVANS

DR. JENNIFER​WALSKE

Deanna Evans is the Executive Director of Entrepreneurial Programs at Startup UCLA. She has served as the Executive Director for the past 4 years. She is a proponent of supporting the development of the entrepreneurial community and encourages a customer and team centric approach.

Jennifer M. Walske is an assistant professor and interim faculty director for Impact @Anderson, UCLA and a Social Impact Fellow at Berkeley-Haas. Dr. Walske publishes her research on emergent firms with an emphasis on how human capital, social capital, and strategy aids new firm success. Dr. Walske founded Myriad Investments, LLC in 2000 and serves on boards of directors for both non-profit and for-profit enterprises. Prior to her career in academia, she was a nationally ranked software analyst by Institutional All-American, and was a regular guest commentator on both CNN and CNBC. Dr. Walske also spent ten years in Silicon Valley holding various marketing positions within the software industry prior to investment banking.

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MARION PATRICIO

Marion Patricio is a program manager at UCLA Ventures, a network of UCLA-affiliated entrepreneurs and venture capitalists who are committed to fostering UCLA's entrepreneurial ecosystem. She previously served as a development coordinator at UCLA Venture Capital fund.

DR. SUNNY ​SINGH

Sunny Singh is an accredited angel investor at Tech Coast Angels, the largest angel investor network in the United States. He has a decade of experience in investment, research, consultation, and services in technology for large corporations like Intel, Qualcomm, Lockheed Martin , and HP as well as local California businesses like GI Logic, Silvus Technologies, and UtopiaCompression.

Featured Startups

Playfull is an app where you can play games anytime, anywhere and get real rewards. They've partnered with Subway, Chick-fil-A, Denny's, Coffee Bean and more. Their games include mini-games similar to Candy Crush and a geolocation-based scavenger hunt similar to Pokemon GO.

"Startup Labs was a tremendous help. The resources, mentors, and surrounding community played a crucial role during a crucial time in PlayFull's history."​-Patrick Lu, CEO

Vanth is the first made-to-measure clothing app that empowers garment workers all over the world by directly connecting seamstresses and tailors to consumers.

"Startup labs is one of the most undervalued resources on campus. My team and I am so fortunate to have met the people here and be in the spring cohort of 2018. We learned so much and got great feedback on our pitches and presentation. Startup labs was instrumental in helping our startup Vanth become a finalist in the premier Lowell Milken entrepreneurship UCLA competition where we had a chance to compete for 100k in cash prizes."​-Kimberly Phan, Founder

Our Team

ANITA ILANGO

Managing Director

HANAD MUSA

Director of Partnerships

RUBAN RENGARAJU

Director of Marketing

AUDI LIU

Partnerships

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